Wednesday morning - first class with St Albans IM class

We did the introduction to Second Life as listed several times below.

Welcome to Interactive Storytelling.

Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment

• Linear versus interactive multimedia/storytelling
• History of Multimedia - Speech>Text>Print>Radio>Television>Interactive Multimedia
• Discussion of future technologies and their impact on society in general (Disabled, Digital Divide, Intelligence/Individual Divide, What will become of our current reality?)

Introduction to augmented and virtual reality

Second Life and other Virtual Words

• There
• Openlife
• Activeworlds
• Entropia
• Playstation Home
• The Sims
• Google Earth
• Lively
• Photosynth

What is required in a virtual environment?

Introduction to Second Life

• Registering
• Modifying avatars/characters in Second Life
• Applying textures
• Using the Appearance Tool
• Searching
• Teleporting
• Object, Library and Inventory Use

We had a quick look at how to make t-shirts. Most people made them without any hassles.